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                                                                 Exhibit (10)(A)


                     ELECTRO RENT CORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN
                                        
                          GE RENTALS SUPPLEMENT TO THE
           VANGUARD PROTOTYPE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN ADOPTION AGREEMENT


This Supplement to the Vanguard Prototype 401(k) Savings Plan Adoption
Agreement (the "Adoption Agreement") for the Electro Rent Savings Plan (the
"Plan") amends the Adoption Agreement to allow eligible employees of General
Electric Capital Technology Management Service Corporation ("GE Rentals"),
certain assets of which will be acquired by Electro Rent Corporation, (1) to
become participants in the Plan on other than the Plan's normal entry dates,
(2) to receive credit under the Plan for eligibility and vesting purposes for
service with GE Rentals as if it were service with Electro Rent Corporation,
and (3) to roll over directly to the Plan their distributable interests in the
GE Savings and Security Program. Accordingly, the Plan will remain an
individually-designed plan consisting of the following documents:

       (a)    the Vanguard Prototype 401(k) Savings Plan (the "Prototype") as
              modified by all Supplements,

       (b)    the Adoption Agreement as modified by this and all other
              Supplements, and

       (c)    any Trust Agreement for the Plan.




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                        AMENDMENT OF ADOPTION AGREEMENT


Section 1(c)  COMMENCEMENT OF PARTICIPATION

       Notwithstanding anything in the Adoption Agreement or the Prototype to
       the contrary, the Entry Date of a person who, as determined under the
       acquisition agreement between General Electric Capital Technology
       Management Services Corporation ("GE Rentals"), GE Capital Corporation,
       and Electro Rent Corporation, is considered an employee actively at work
       for GE Rentals immediately prior to the closing of the GE Rentals
       acquisition and who immediately thereafter becomes an Employee of Electro
       Rent Corporation, shall be the date the individual becomes an Employee of
       Electro Rent Corporation if he or she meets the participation
       requirements of Sections 1(a) and (b) of the Adoption Agreement on that
       date, taking into account Section 1(d) below. If such a person does not
       then meet those participation requirements, his or her Entry Date shall
       be determined in accordance with the normal provisions of the Adoption
       Agreement and the Prototype, as modified below.

Section 1(d)  SERVICE WITH PREDECESSOR EMPLOYERS

       GE Rentals shall be treated as a predecessor employer to Electro Rent
       Corporation. Accordingly, service with GE Rentals by an Employee
       described in Section 1(c) above shall be treated as service with Electro
       Rent Corporation for both eligibility and vesting purposes. The Years of
       Service credited to an Employee for his or her service with GE Rentals
       shall be calculated under the elapsed time service crediting rules of
       Article 16 of the Prototype (see the Supplement to the Prototype).
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Section 4A     Direct Rollovers

Pursuant to Plan Section 4.8, The Plan Administrator shall permit Employees
described in Section 1(c) above to roll over directly to the Plan their
distributable interests in the GE Savings and Security Program.


Date Adopted:____________          ELECTRO RENT CORPORATION

                                   By_______________________

                                   Title____________________




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